Warm today and warmer tomorrow, weather service says

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Wednesday was the first day of spring, and it sure did feel like spring outside.

The high temperature reached 69 degrees, the sun came out intermittently throughout the day. A light breeze spread the warming around well.

Today will be substantially warmer, predicted Nick Reimer, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in San Angelo. The high temperature is estimated to be 83 degrees with a south breeze at 15 to 25 mph, the sun should come out today, too, he said.

Reimer said there is a 13 percent chance Abilene will receive precipitation today — in other words, unlikely.

“Anything we get (Thursday) is going to be very spotty,” Reimer said. “There’s not going to be very many things align to get widespread storms.”

If the area does receive rainfall, he said, it’ll be a result of a cold front moving through the Big Country today meeting a weak, low-pressure system coming off the Rockies.

But, he said, “for us, it’s not going to provide the necessary environment to get some storms going.”

After today, temperatures are expected to drop, from a high of 67 degrees on Friday and to 54 on Monday.